Ahead of the start of free agency, Insider is providing buyer's guides for all 32 teams: biggest need positions from Football Outsiders, top targets from KC Joyner and Matt Williamson and predictions on how everything will play out from our NFL Nation team reporters. Included below are links to every team's article. This is the entry for the Washington Redskins. Biggest needsSafety: According to Football Outsiders' DVOA (defense-adjusted value over average) metric, Washington had the NFL's worst pass defense in 2014. Now Ryan Clark has retired, and Brandon Meriweather is a free agent. Washington's top safeties under contract are Duke Ihenacho (whose last start came with Denver in the Super Bowl loss to Seattle) and Trent Robinson (one NFL start in his three-year career).
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